The retail gift show, held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center, won’t occur because of the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of whether the rodeo occurs.
Richard N. Velotta
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
The center received the Global Biorisk Advisory Council STAR facility accreditation by ISSA: The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association, one of 22 worldwide to get it.
Tony Hsieh stepped down as CEO of Las Vegas-based online retailer Zappos.com.
Las Vegas-based Galaxy Gaming is acquiring Progressive Games Partners for $12.425 million and will work to expand its reach in rapidly growing iGaming.
Out-of-town attractions have found new audiences from cities, new revenue sources and different strategies to survive the grip of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sponsors of the National Finals Rodeo are looking elsewhere to stage its “Super Bowl” because a lack of gate receipts means no prize money for cowboy contestants.
Concrete pours, steel beam installation and a monster domed roof are the biggest factors in building the $1.66 billion, 17,000-seat entertainment venue at The Venetian.
Boyd Gaming Corp. has formally requested the Henderson City Council grant its request to make the gaming and liquor licenses for the Eldorado Casino nonoperational.
With new towers opening and the city’s first from-the-ground-up resort since 2016, downtown Las Vegas has been on a roll for months, and that includes higher gaming win.
Results for Las Vegas-centric publicly traded gaming companies were brutal in the quarter ending June 30, but analysts expect revenue to rebound in the third quarter.
There are six complaints against casinos scattered across the state and soon, we’ll learn just how severely they’ll be punished for allowing their customer to break rules.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment executives said during their fourth-quarter earnings call that they’re committed to opening the Sphere venue in 2023.
Anticipating that out-of-state travel won’t pick up until a vaccine is widely available, possibly by next April, the Commission on Tourism wants Nevadans to spend here.
The state Gaming Control Board is seeking an amendment to Regulation 22 that would allow race and sports books to pay winning race wagers faster if they’re on national TV.
Nevada’s largest sportsbook operator would get even bigger by the end of the month if the Nevada Gaming Commission approves a transfer and licensing recommendation.